This time of year is party time around here. My birthday is January 26th, my dad's is one week later on February 2nd, and then my husband, Dan's is February 7th! Needless to say, we eat lots of cake within that two week span. This year, I decided to make this cake for my birthday. To be honest, I've never been much of a cake person, but lemon cake is a whole different story. This cake was absolutely perfect. So perfect that I am making it again for my dad's birthday tomorrow...
The frosting calls for seeds from two vanilla beans. I figured birthdays are a great excuse to splurge on vanilla beans (they're like $5 each!) It seemed wasteful to throw the empty pods away because they still smelled so delicious, so I sealed them in a jar with some sugar and ended up with lovely vanilla sugar after only a couple days! A teaspoon of it makes for an unbelievable cup of coffee. And a great way to get some extra mileage out of those pricey little vanilla beans.
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